It is time to wake up

12-1-22

Today’s devotion is based on Romans 13:11, “Besides this, you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep, for salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.”

My old sinful self—the part of me that wants nothing to do with Christ—wants to keep my soul sleepy and indifferent. It wants to keep my soul, presuming I have all the time in the world to get serious about the only Savior I’m ever going to have. And in doing so, we have given in to Satan’s lie that when it comes to any intentional focus upon our Savior-King—there is no hurry.

Thanks be to God that he pursues us through his Word. He calls us to repentance. He does what he needs to do to rattle us, rouse us, and wake us up. When the final day comes for each of us, he does not want us left outside. He wants us to be awake. He wants us to be with him. He wants us to bask forever in the complete forgiveness our King has purchased for us at the cross.
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Please pray with me, Lord Jesus, my King; forgive me for all the times I have allowed myself to become sleepy and indifferent towards you. Refresh me in your law and gospel, so I stay focused only on you. In your blessed name, I pray. Amen.